After All These Years

Inspired Blueprints: Right Now

After a bit of a blogging break, I'm back to share my latest layout using Inspired Blueprints sketch #94. The sketch called for one larger photo and had room for lots of journaling strips. I knew precisely what I wanted to create!

 

 

On the first day of school earlier this year, I asked Amelia a few questions to get a snapshot of her right now. Love this and I'm excited to do this every year!

 

 

I've used the Simple Stories Urban Traveler collection for this layout. Just to prove how versatile these papers and embellishments are - I love the colours and fun arrow and chevron designs! 

 

 

I'm also loving their new brad embellishments! Such cute designs and I can't help adding them here and there!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Simple Stories Winner + Layout

I'm finally back to announce the winner of my Simple Stories giveaway but first I would love to share my latest project that is up on the Simple Stories blog here.

We were lucky to have a product swap with Thermo Web adhesives and being the adhesive junkie that I am, I loved playing with them! I'm always on the hunt for good adhesives!

 

I've created another boy layout using the 24/7 collection. The colours and graphics are just so perfect for boy projects! I took inspiration from the collection name for my title as my boy is quite a handful! You can read the journaling below . . .

 

 

I really loved using the Thermo Web iCraft Dots (like really big glue dots) for making my rosettes. It was so easy to just stick them onto the dot rather than use glue and wait for glue to dry!

 

I tell you . . . it's lucky he's so cute as this boy runs me ragged most days! Lol!

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Now onto my giveaway winner and a HUGE thanks to all those that left comments! I tried to return the comments (if your blog was linked to your name). So the random winner was:

Congratulations Geli! If you can email me with your address, I'll get your prize out to you!

Be back soon! 


 

My Favourite Things: April 2013

A few favourite things to share: some scrappy related and a couple not! I've been really enjoying reading motivational/goal setting books lately so have a couple of favourites to share.

 

1. 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life - Fantastic especially if you have a big (or not so big) goal that you've been putting off or not sure where to start. I'll be re-reading this one. 

2. The Happiness Project - Enjoyed this a lot! Lots of ideas in here for making small changes in your life. Loved it! And the author has a great blog too.

3. Color Pop by Heidi Swapp - Just got a few of these goodies and can't wait to use them! I love the bold patterns and love that you can customise them with mists!

4. Simon Says Stamp Hearts & Stars - The hears and stars from this die are TINY! I want to use these tiny shapes as embellishments on top of my badges! 

5. Lattice Stencil - I'm loving this pattern at the moment! I've already used this stencil on one layout and I can't wait to use it on more!

 

What are some of your favourite things at the moment?

 

Masters Challenge Layouts

Today I'm sharing a layout that was created for the monthly Masters challenge in Scrapbooking Memories magazine. Each month we are sent a few goodies to create with and sometimes it is a challenge!

We were lucky enough to work with the newest line from Webster's Pages, Color and Composition. I just loved the graphic patterns and muted colours. 

 

 

 

 

It was just fun building up the layers of patterned paper. I still have some scraps left from this one . . . love using them!

Thanks for visiting!

 

 

 

Simple Stories Giveaway!

*** Giveaway is now closed 

Thank you all so much for your comments and sharing my excitement regarding my new disign team opportunity! I feel so incredibly lucky to receive these opportunities. I truly am so grateful so today I want to give something back.

Simple Stories has been so generous with their product and they've allowed me to offer some of my excess items as a giveaway from some of my Aussie readers! Wahoo!

I've put together a selection of goodies from their latest lines Vintage Bliss, 24/7 and Urban Traveler as well as a Sn@p stamp set. I may even throw in some papers from some older lines. 

If you want to be in the running to win this prize, simply leave a comment on this post. I'd also love if you visited the Simple Stories blog and told them how awesome their products are - tell them that I sent you! 

* This giveaway is only open to Australian readers - sorry - due to postage costs.

I'll close the giveaway and randomly choose a winner next Wednesday May 1st (AEST).

 

Thank you! 

A New Design Team!

I'm so excited to announce that I've been chosen as a design team member for Core'dinations cardstock! Absolutely did a happy dance when I received the news!

 

 

I absolutely cannot wait to get started and creative and (hopefully) inspire many with some cardtock techniques and ideas with the COOLEST cardstock around!

Exciting things to come . . .

Inspired Blueprints: New Friends

I had loads of fun with this weeks Inspired Blueprints sketch!

 

These fabulous photo booth pics are from the scrapbook retreat I attended last month. I swear, everytime I look at them I have a little giggle! I used my favourite Maggie Holmes line from Crate Paper.

 

The sketch called for two doilies in the design but I swapped them out for a couple of chipboard frames. I added a bit of patterned paper to each "window" in the frame. I love the effect!

 

 

Thank you so much for visiting today and I hope you all have a great weekend!

 

Scrapping Simply

Hello! Well, I've come out the other side of my big scraproom clean out! And I'm here to share my next Simple Stories project with you all! 

I've got quite the stash of divided page protectors that I've been hoarding. Lol! This was the perfect opportunity to use a couple. 

Amelia recently celebrated her 5th birthday and, of course, I ended up with way too many photos that I wanted to include. Hence, the following "Project Life" style layout that I can include right into her album with the "regular" layouts.

Simple Stories makes it so very easy to create layouts in this style with all the coordinating bits and pieces and journaling cards. Of course, I spent waaaay to long doing it as I'm so indecisive . . . 

For more details, please visit the Simple Stories blog here.  

Organising: Be Back Soon!

I'm in the midst of a re-organisation and change around of my scrapbook room and I'll be back to creating and blogging soon! If I'm not back by the end of the week, send a rescue team as I've possibly been buried amongst the piles of "stuff" I'm sorting through!

xx

 

Inspired Blueprints Sketch: Hello Pony

Sketch #90 was interesting as it left the window open for some creativity in the centre! I worked on this layout while at the retreat and was inspired by the amazing Sharmaine Kruijver to apply texture paste through a mask to the centre of the layout and it added such a great element of dimension!

 

It's quite messy and uneven and I love it! 

 

 

I didn't know what to call the layout and was inspired by the "hello" sticker in the end. Love those wood veneer stars!

 

 

Instead of your typical banner strung across the page, I've layered lots of scraps of patterned paper in coordinating colours!

 

 

Be sure to check out the other design team takes of the sketch on the Inspired Blueprints blog here. 

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!